Minor Head Trauma: Assessment, Management, and Rehabilitation (Springer Series in Solid-State) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387979433 ISBN 13: 9780387979434

Publisher: Springer, 1993

Synopsis

Minor Head Trauma describes and explains techniques for diagnosing, evaluating, and rehabilitating patients with minor head injuries. This book emphasizes the importance of long-term treatment of patients beyond the initial moments of injury and treatment in the emergency room. Minor Head Trauma offers insight on: - a range of related issues from emergency room management to psychiatric evaluation and rehabilitation; - the role of electrophysiological testing in patients - including BEAM techniques; - the subtleties of neurophysiological diagnosis; - neurotoxicological evaluation and treatment; - diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders; - the nature and pathogenesis of visual sequelae of head injury; - the speech-language pathologist's role in treating minor head injuries; - the complexities of rehabilitation including problems faced when the patient resumes normal community, professional and familial activities. Minor Head Trauma is intended for physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, nurses, attorneys, and others faced with the challenges of evaluating and treating patients who have sustained minor head trauma.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387979433
• ISBN 13: 9780387979434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: Mandel Steven, Sataloff Robert T., Schapiro Sarita R.